Well, here we are again, another Friday; another weekend looms, and another week where we’ve managed to keep the wolf from the door…just. Putting it mildly, things are as tight as assholes in the Idol household – this freelance game has its benefits, but, boy, oh boy, it would be nice to get paid now and again. (It’s in the post – Ed).
I was talking about the current situation with a certain Chris “I love a purple suit, me” Catchpole, who has now decamped to Amsterdam during the week, flying home to see his family most weekends. I wonder if his cousin, the indefatigable Steve Stretton ever pops over to see him?
Anyway, apparently there’s loads of work out there, so I might just nip over and see for myself. I’m hoping Chris has got a second bedroom, he’s a lovely fella but not that lovely.
And I’m sure Mrs Idol will be understanding. I can almost hear the conversation already. “Look luv, I don’t want to go to Amsterdam, really I don’t. I’d much rather stay here with you and the family but I’ve got to go where the money is. You know you can trust me, I won’t go anywhere near that red light district. It’s terrible how they exploit those poor women…”
On second thoughts, I’ve got about as much chance of getting over there as I have of winning the Euro Lottery. Mind you, if those numbers do come up, you won’t see me for dust, but I’ll miss you guys…yeh right.
Luckily I have got a Plan B – get a proper job. Then again I also have a Plan C – get my old mate Matt Atkinson to put in a good word for me at Tesco. The thing is, now that he has joined the retail giant, will he have to wear a polyester suit and tie, too? One thing he will definitely have to do is spend a few weeks on the shop floor, as, just like the good old days at Royal Mail, senior management have to get down and dirty with the workers.
Imagine how funny it would be to get Matt to do your Internet shop…If we could only find what store he’ll be going to, we could put in a really embarrassing order, you know the sort of stuff, condoms, lubricants, tenna ladies etc, and then get a pic of him pushing the trolley round.
Then again, maybe I’ll just tap up Matt for a bit of consultancy work for my fledgling agency, Idol Hands. I reckon we could easily undercut EHS 4D, and now he’s crossed over to the client side he can’t be seen to be dishing out all the work to his old mates.
Even better, I wonder if they’ve got an office in Amsterdam, too…
